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Notes
	Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Fazakerley
Fazakerley
	Fazakerley railway station in 2023
General information
Location	Fazakerley, Liverpool; England
Coordinates	53°28′08″N 2°56′12″W / 53.4690°N 2.9368°W
Grid reference	SJ379974
Managed by	Merseyrail
Transit authority	Merseytravel
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	FAZ
Fare zone	C1
Classification	DfT category E
History
Original company	Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
Pre-grouping	Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
20 November 1848	Station opens as Simonswood
by 1850	Renamed Aintree
March 1860	Renamed Fazakerley
Passengers
2019/20	1.465 million
2020/21	0.414 million
2021/22	0.920 million
2022/23	0.899 million
2023/24	0.900 million
Notes
Notes
	Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Railway stations around Aintree

Legend

Fazakerley railway station is a railway station in Fazakerley, Liverpool, England. It is situated on the Headbolt Lane branch of the Northern Line of the Merseyrail network.

History

The Liverpool and Bury Railway (L&BR) was authorised in 1845,^[1] but while it was under construction, the L&BR amalgamated with the Manchester and Leeds Railway (M&LR) in 1846,^[2] and the M&LR in turn was renamed the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway in 1847.^[3] The line opened on 20 November 1848;^[4] one of the original stations was Simonswood.^[5]^[6] This station was renamed twice: it had become Aintree by 1850,^[7] and in March 1860 it took its present name Fazakerley^[8] to avoid confusion with the nearby Aintree station on a different line,^[6] which had opened in 1849.^[9]

At the time of opening, the mileage of the station was 29+1⁄2 miles (47.5 km) from Bury,^[6] but this has since been amended to 31 miles 31 chains (50.5 km) from Manchester Victoria via Wigan.^[10]

To the north-east of the station is Fazakerley Junction, 30 miles 72 chains (49.7 km) from Manchester Victoria,^[10] which is where the North Mersey Branch once headed westwards towards Gladstone Dock.^[11] The branch has closed, but the junction remains as the point where the double track out of Liverpool becomes single track for the last few miles into Kirkby.^[10] The line eastwards was singled in May 1970, though through running beyond Kirkby (to Wigan Wallgate and Bolton) continued until the inauguration of electric operation in May 1977.^[12]

Facilities

In common with most Merseyrail stations, it is staffed throughout the day - the street-level ticket office opens 15 minutes prior to start of service and closes at 00:25 each evening (including Sundays). At platform level, there are digital display screens, timetable posters and shelters on each side; a P.A system also provides automated train running information. The ticket office is linked to the platforms via a footbridge - this has a lift installed on each side to provide step-free access. There are cycle racks for 4 cycles and secure cycle storage for 20 cycles.^[13]

Services

The station is currently served by four trains per hour in each direction during the day time Monday - Saturday. In late evenings and on Sundays services are reduced to two trains per hour in each direction. Services are operated using Class 777 BEMUs.^[14]^[15]

In the future, the service will be increased to up to four trains per hour in each direction as more battery operated Class 777 trains become available.^[16]